Newark, NJ · 12 price lists
Direct cremation in Newark
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $3,330 · $2,370 to $5,995
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Direct cremation · Newark
12 price lists$3,330
median · the same direct cremation runs $2,370 to $5,995 in this metro
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How we're paid
Funeral homes can pay for a listing labelled "Sponsored", kept apart from the price list. Payment never changes the order or the prices, and you never need an email to see a price.
Direct cremation · Newark
12 price lists$3,330
median · the same direct cremation runs $2,370 to $5,995 in this metro
40 of 183 homes serving Newark
Same package at every home: direct cremation (alternative container). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 183 funeral homes serving Newark, and 12 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
12 priced homes around Newark
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramus · license 23JB00009000 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $2,370 | 14 mi | View prices |
Vander Plaat-Vermeulen Memorial Homes Inc Franklin Lakes · license 23JB00008900 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $2,370 | 18 mi | View prices |
Riverside Memorial Chapels Inc Hackensack · license 23JB00169500 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · could not re-check since Sep 21, 2026 | $3,145 | 13 mi | View prices |
| Union · license 23JB00073000 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,186 | 7 mi | View prices |
| Caldwell · license 23JB00025900 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,186 | 10 mi | View prices |
| Livingston · license 23JB00169400 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · could not re-check since Sep 21, 2026 | $3,295 | 9 mi | View prices |
| Westwood · license 23JB00171300 · active · checked Sep 23, 2026 · could not re-check since Sep 21, 2026 | $3,365 | 22 mi | View prices |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 40 homes serving Newark
New Jersey rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Who can authorize a cremation
- New Jersey has a detailed statutory system for who controls funeral and disposition decisions. The law provides for a person appointed by the decedent and then a priority system involving the surviving spouse or qualifying partner, adult children, parents, siblings, and other relatives. In New Jersey, simply being the executor of a will does not automatically mean you control the funeral or burial/cremation decision. The right depends on the statutory control rules and the way authority was designated. statute →
Why these numbers are comparable
A price list is a list of line items, and no two homes itemize the same way. We rebuild the same basket at every home. Medians across the 12 homes with a checked price list:
- Direct cremation (alternative container)
- $3,330
- Basket, median items
- $3,330
Anything a home charges outside this basket is shown on its own page, not hidden in the comparison.
Questions families ask
Answers use the figures on this page, not national averages.
Among 12 funeral homes serving Newark with a checked price list, direct cremation runs from $2,370 to $5,995, with a median of $3,330. The middle half of these homes charge between $3,176 and $4,320. Each figure comes from that funeral home's own General Price List, and we checked it against that list; the oldest check was Oct 7, 2026 and the most recent was Oct 12, 2026. We list 183 funeral homes serving Newark, and 12 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
The total adds these items from each funeral home's price list: direct cremation (alternative container). Cemetery or crematory fees charged by third parties, death certificates, and merchandise such as an urn or casket are extra unless a funeral home lists them.
No. Under the federal Funeral Rule (16 CFR Part 453) you have the right to choose only the goods and services you want, and every funeral home must give you an itemized General Price List. The packages here are a comparison aid built from those itemized prices, not something the funeral home sells as a bundle.
The biggest differences are the non-declinable basic services fee, whether the funeral home has its own crematory or uses a third party, and how far it will travel to collect the deceased before a mileage charge applies. Each funeral home's page shows all of these.
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